Bible verses about Selflessness
Verses about putting others first and following the example of Christ.
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
Matthew 16:24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Matthew 16:25It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
Matthew 20:26and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—
Matthew 20:27just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:28For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
2 Corinthians 8:9For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
Galatians 5:13Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
Romans 12:3and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Ephesians 5:2Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
1 Corinthians 9:19but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
Philippians 2:7Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
John 12:24Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
John 12:25A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
John 13:34Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Romans 12:10We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Romans 15:1Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
Romans 15:2No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
1 Corinthians 10:24And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
2 Corinthians 5:15I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Galatians 2:20Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Philippians 2:3Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Philippians 2:4Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
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